NBA Playoff Challenge!

Pick your brackets and the team that you think will be the eventual NBA Champion in 2007!

The brackets are posted on my website www.AndrewSmithTeam.com and must be completed before the start of the first game this Saturday. Don't forget to enter a final score for the tiebreaker.

The winner will receive a dinner for two at Messina Hof with limo ride, hosted by myself and Lisa.

There is no charge to enter & tell all your friends!

Enter the tournament at www.AndrewSmithTeam.com

Congratulations to Trevor Bibb

Congratulations to Trevor Bibb winner of this years March Madness Sweet 16 Challenge!

Over 50 people joined the challenge and Trevor only missed two picks in this years challenge!
Trevor and a guest won a dinner at Messina Hof and limo ride hosted by myself and Lisa.

Up next - NBA Playoffs! Watch www.AndrewSmithTeam.com once this years seeds are established to play our next challenge!

Revolutionary New Real Estate Program

Sell it Yourself, While it’s Listed, and
Pay No Commission!

The Best of Both Worlds!

Have you ever wanted to try sell your home on your own to avoid paying a real estate commission, but at the same time didn’t know if you had the time to try and do it?

An exciting breakthrough by The Smith Team in the Bryan-College Station area has enabled you to do just that. Our exclusive “Sell it Yourself…” listing agreement is a unique program that enables you to attempt selling your own home by owner while still enjoying the benefits of having it listed with a professional real estate agent.

It’s really quite simple, here’s how it works. We will begin aggressively marketing your property from the time you sign with us. We will submit your property in the B/CS MLS and expose it to over 500 local real estate agents as well as using the advertising mediums, such as the internet, newspaper, signs and homes magazine to expose your property to as many potential homebuyers as possible (see my Exclusive 23 Point Marketing Plan). You can begin, or continue to market your property for sale by owner simultaneously, and should you secure a buyer for your property before we do, then you don’t have to pay a commission.

The no commission clause does not apply to a buyer that is exposed to the property by myself or another licensed real estate agent while your property is listed with my team.

Need help after you’ve found your own buyer?

No problem!

We will assist you will all steps from preparing the sales contract until closing for a minimal 1.5% of the sales price. There is no obligation to take advantage of this part of the program, it is simply there in the event you choose to do so.

Cancel the listing at any time!

You are completely free to cancel your listing with my team with a simple phone call. We’re so sure you’ll be thrilled with our marketing that we feel strongly that you’ll never need to use it, but it’s there for your protection. However, unlike several other firms, should you decide to cancel there is never a fee!

No Transaction or Advance Fees!

Unlike some companies or agents that may charge an extra $250-500 transaction or service fee, we do not subscribe to that philosophy and you never pay a commission unless you we procure an offer that is acceptable to you.

A True Win-Win!

We’ve designed this program as a Win-Win for local home sellers! Seriously, we take ALL the risk. If you sell it you don’t pay, if we sell it we earn a commission and you sold it quicker that you could have on your own and you won’t have to worry about making two house payments, insuring a vacant houses or utility bills on an empty home.

Don’t hesitate, pick up the phone and give me a call today! (979) 777-7677

Is Chocolate Healthy?

Two years ago it was reported that the average American consumes 11.5 lbs of chocolate each year!

Contradictory to what some may say about the amount of caffeine in a serving of chocolate: research indicates that it would be necessary to eat more than a dozen chocolate bars to get the same amount of caffeine as one cup of coffee.

Health factors that chocolate effects are both positive as well as negative. The substance Theobromine contributes to acid reflux because it allows stomach acid to enter the esophagus by relaxing the esophageal sphincter muscle: A word of warning to any person suffering from Acid Reflux disease.

The chemicals phenethylamine and serotonin that are in chocolate has been shown to act as a sexual stimulant. Other positives to eating chocolate are its efforts in aiding to a better complexion. While it is true that chocolate that contains a high content of milk and fat contribute to acne, Dark chocolate or “pure” chocolate help to make your skin shine.

The ingredient theobromine has been found to be very helpful in preventing persistant coughing. Along with preventing coughing it also soothes and moistens the throat.

It is no surprise that chocolate has been sent through the ringer time and time again, always coming up with a new excuse to eat chocolate or to keep it out of your diet.

An Italian study is theorizing that flavonoid-rich chocolate can lower blood pressure and cholesterol and also improve the body’s processing of sugar – in turn, guarding against diabetes.

Other things that might be of interest to a chocolate love are to follow:

• Cacao, the source of chocolate, contains antibacterial agents that fight tooth decay. Of course this is counteracted by the high sugar content of milk chocolate.
• The smell of chocolate may increase theta brain waves, resulting in relaxation.
• Chocolate contains phenyl ethylamine, a mild mood elevator.
• The cocoa butter in chocolate contains oleic acid, a mono-unsaturated fat that may raise good cholesterol.
• Drinking a cup of hot chocolate before meals may actually diminish appetite.
• Men who eat chocolate live a year longer than those who don't.
• The flavanoids in chocolate may help keep blood vessels elastic.
• Chocolate increases antioxidant levels in the blood.
• Mexican healers use chocolate to treat bronchitis and insect bites.
• The carbohydrates in chocolate raise serotonin levels in the brain, resulting in a sense of well-being.
• Chocolate may trigger headaches in migraine sufferers.